“irony” by amy lowell
an arid daylight shines along the beach
dried to a grey monotony of tone,
and stranded jelly-fish melt soft upon
the sun-baked pebbles, far beyond their reach
sparkles a wet, reviving sea. here bleach
the skeletons of fishes, every bone
polished and stark, like traceries of stone,
the joints and knuckles hardened each to each.
and they are dead while waiting for the sea,
the moon-pursuing sea, to come again.
their hearts are blown away on the hot breeze.
only the shells and stones can wait to be
washed bright. for living things, who suffer pain,
may not endure till time can bring them ease.

1.) the voice in this poem is best described as
a.) descriptive and measured (i think it is a)
b.) unconventional and eccentric
c.) lyric and rustic
d.) blunt and harsh
e.) casual and intimate

2.) what is the main irony of this poem?
a.) the melancholy tone of the speaker
b.) the understatement "may not endure till time can bring them ease" (is it b? )
c.) the contrast between the dead creatures and the "reviving" sea
d.) the imagery of skeletons and decomposition
e.) the juxtaposition of the words arid and daylight

the transfiguration of jesus is an event reported in the new testament when god: the meeting place of the temporal and the eternal, with jesus himself as the connecting point,

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: metaphor: because there is a comparison between the treasures spread on the ground and the evil seed of adam drifting from the shoreline  

explanation: